Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2010 19:38:43 -0700
Reply-To: Frank Condelli <ralanen@AOL.COM>
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From: Frank Condelli <ralanen@AOL.COM>
Subject: Re: WTB: 2.1L throttle body
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Greg, you should know I have rebuilt throttle bodies. See my www.frankcondelli.com/tb.htm webpage for details. I thought you knew this. There are four good rebuilt 2.1s in the garage. Greg T can get one to you rather quickly.
On 2010-12-10, at 6:28 PM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
> When I bought my wife's 1988 Wolfsburg this past summer there was a HUGE
> hole in the top of the engine where two connecting rods had forced their
> way to freedom. In the process they did some mild damage to the central
> FI plenum and they busted up the lower cover for the throttle position
> sensor switch.
>
> When I moved the FI and cooling to the replacement engine I inspected
> the TPS and it looked like it was intact other than the missing lower
> cover. Unfortunately, it appears I was mistaken, as the unit will not
> stay in adjustment. I inspected it last night and found that the right
> hand side adjusting screw has a broken allen head and cannot be turned.
> At the moment the engine has a 3,000 RPM cold idle... After a minute or
> two (that seems like eternity) the engine warms up and the idle drops to
> normal.
>
> I plan to remove the throttle body and attempt some corrective measures
> tonight, but I figured that it couldn't hurt to find out if anyone out
> there had a spare 2.1 throttle body for sale and for how much.
Please note that I will be away from my business travelling from December 06 until April 30, 2011. Parts orders will be processed although not as quickly as usual. I will always be available for contact by E-mail. If you phone your call will be addressed by Greg T. Brown here and he will either call you back or advise you to contact me directly by E-mail. Details of this adventure are on our Travel Blog: http://frankcondelli.com/travels/
Cheers,
Frank Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
'87 Westy & Lionel Trains (Collection for sale)
Frank Condelli & Associates - Vanagon/Vanagon Westfalia Service in the Ottawa Valley Vanagon Stainless Steel Exhaust Systems
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